Patents by Inventor Stephanie Luetticke

Stephanie Luetticke has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Nucleic acid molecules encoding enzymes from wheat which are involved in starch synthesis
    Patent number: 7888065
    Abstract: The present invention relates to nucleic acid molecules encoding enzymes which are involved in the starch synthesis in plants. These enzymes are starch synthases from wheat. The invention further relates to vectors and host cells containing said nucleic acid molecules, in particular transformed plant cells and plants regenerated from these cells, which exhibit an increased or a reduced activity of the described starch synthases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Bayer Cropscience AG
    Inventors: Martina Block, Horst Lörz, Stephanie Lütticke, Lennart Walter, Claus Frohberg, Jens Kossmann
  • Nucleic acid molecules from wheat encoding an R1-protein, and transgenic plant cells and plants comprising the nucleic acid molecules
    Patent number: 7122727
    Abstract: Nucleic acid molecules encoding an R1-protein from wheat are provided. Also provided are transgenic plant cells and plants containing the nucleic acid molecules, and starch obtainable from the transgenic plant cells and plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2006
    Assignee: Bayer CropScience GmbH
    Inventors: Gernot Abel, Horst Lörz, Stephanie Lütticke, Ralf-Christian Schmidt
  • Nucleic acid molecules which code for enzymes derived from wheat and which are involved in the synthesis of starch
    Patent number: 6951969
    Abstract: Nucleic acid molecules are described which encode enzymes involved in starch synthasis in plants. These enzymes are wheat isoamylases. The invention furthermore relates to vectors and host cells which contain the above-described nucleic acid molecules, in particular to transformed plant cells and plants which can be regenerated from these and which have an increased or reduced activity of the isoamylases according to the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2005
    Assignee: Bayer CropScience GmbH
    Inventors: Horst Loerz, Stephanie Luetticke, Gernot Abel, Ulrich Genschel
  • Promoters for gene expression in caryopses of plants
    Patent number: 6949693
    Abstract: The present invention relates to promoters which permit a caryopsis-specific expression or suppression of genes in genetically modified plants, to methods for the tissue-specific gene expression or gene suppression in plants, expression cassettes, recombinant vectors and host cells containing such promoters, to transgenic plant cells and plants transformed with said promoters, and to methods for generating such plant cells and plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2005
    Assignee: Bayer CropScience GmbH
    Inventors: Stefanie Sprunck, Antje Kluth, Dirk Becker, Stephanie Luetticke, Horst Loerz
  • Nucleic acid molecules encoding wheat enzymes involved in starch synthesis
    Patent number: 6897358
    Abstract: The invention relates to nucleic acid molecules which code for enzymes and which are involved in the synthesis of starch in plants. These enzymes concern isoamylases derived from wheat. The invention also relates to vectors and host cells which contain the described nucleic acid molecules, especially transformed plant cells and plants which can be regenerated therefrom, which exhibit an increased or reduced activity of the inventive isoamylases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2005
    Assignee: Bayer CropScience GmbH
    Inventors: Horst Loerz, Stephanie Luetticke, Gernot Abel, Ulrich Genschel
  • Nucleic acid molecules which code for enzymes derived from wheat and which are involved in the synthesis of starch
    Patent number: 6890732
    Abstract: Nucleic acid molecules are described which encode wheat enzymes involved in starch synthesis in plants. These enzymes are soluble wheat starch synthases. The invention furthermore relates to vectors and host cells which contain the above-described nucleic acid molecules. In particular to transformed plant cells and plants which can be regenerated from these and which have an increased or reduced activity of the soluble starch synthases according to the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2005
    Assignee: Bayer CropScience GmbH
    Inventors: Horst Loerz, Stephanie Luetticke, Martina Block
  • Promoters for gene expression in caryopses of plants
    Patent number: 6794559
    Abstract: The present invention provides promoters which bring about a caryopsis-specific expression of coding nucleotide sequences controlled by them, and to expression cassettes, recombinant vectors and host cells containing such promoters. Transformed transgenic plant cells and plants and methods for generating them, are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2004
    Assignee: Bayer CropScience GmbH
    Inventors: Stefanie Sprunck, Antje Kluth, Dirk Becker, Stephanie Luetticke, Horst Loerz
  • Nucleic acid molecules encoding enzymes from wheat which are involved in starch synthesis
    Patent number: 6734339
    Abstract: The present invention relates to nucleic acid molecules encoding enzymes which are involved in the starch synthesis in plants. These enzymes are starch synthases from wheat. The invention further relates to vectors and host cells containing said nucleic acid molecules, in particular transformed plant cells and plants regenerated from these cells, which exhibit an increased or a reduced activity of the described starch synthases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2004
    Assignee: Hoechst Schering AgrEvo, GmbH
    Inventors: Martina Block, Horst Lörz, Stephanie Lütticke, Lennart Walter, Claus Frohberg, Jens Kossmann
  • Nucleotide sequences encoding enzymes that alter the carbohydrate concentration and composition in plants
    Patent number: 6570066
    Abstract: Nucleotide sequences encoding enzymes that alter the carbohydrate concentration and composition in plants are described. The sequences encode branching enzymes which alter the amylose/amylopectin ratio in the starch of plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2003
    Assignee: Hoechst Schering AgrEvo GmbH
    Inventors: Lothar Willmitzer, Christoph Kröger, Stephanie Lütticke, Horst Lörz
  • Nucleic acid molecules encoding wheat enzymes involved in starch synthesis
    Publication number: 20030093834
    Abstract: The invention relates to nucleic acid molecules which code for enzymes and which are involved in the synthesis of starch in plants. These enzymes concern isoamylases derived from wheat. The invention also relates to vectors and host cells which contain the described nucleic acid molecules, especially transformed plant cells and plants which can be regenerated therefrom, which exhibit an increased or reduced activity of the inventive isoamylases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2002
    Publication date: May 15, 2003
    Inventors: Horst Loerz, Stephanie Luetticke, Gernot Abel, Ulrich Genschel
  • Promoters for gene expression in caryopses of plants
    Publication number: 20030046731
    Abstract: The present invention relates to promoters which permit a caryopsis-specific expression or suppression of genes in genetically modified plants, to methods for the tissue-specific gene expression or gene suppression in plants, expression cassettes, recombinant vectors and host cells containing such promoters, to transgenic plant cells and plants transformed with said promoters, and to methods for generating such plant cells and plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2001
    Publication date: March 6, 2003
    Inventors: Stefanie Sprunck, Antje Kluth, Dirk Becker, Stephanie Luetticke, Horst Loerz
  • Promoters for gene expression in caryopses of plants
    Publication number: 20030018994
    Abstract: The present invention provides promoters which bring about a caryopsis-specific expression of coding nucleotide sequences controlled by them, and to expression cassettes, recombinant vectors and host cells containing such promoters. Transformed transgenic plant cells and plants and methods for generating them, are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2001
    Publication date: January 23, 2003
    Inventors: Stefanie Sprunck, Antje Kluth, Dirk Becker, Stephanie Luetticke, Horst Loerz
  • Nucleic acid molecules from wheat, transgenic plant cells and plants and the thereof for the production of modified starch
    Patent number: 6462256
    Abstract: Nucleic acid molecules are described encoding an R1-protein from wheat and methods and recombinant DNA molecules for the production of transgenic plant cells and plants synthesizing a modified starch. Additionally, the plant cells and plants resulting from those methods as well as the starch obtainable therefrom are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2002
    Assignee: Aventis CropScience GmbH
    Inventors: Gernot Abel, Horst Lörz, Stephanie Lütticke, Ralf-Christian Schmidt
  • Nucleic acid molecules encoding enzymes from wheat which are involved in starch synthesis
    Patent number: 6307125
    Abstract: The present invention relates to nucleic acid molecules encoding enzymes which are involved in the starch synthesis in plants. These enzymes are starch synthases from wheat. The invention further relates to vectors and host cells containing said nucleic acid molecules, in particular transformed plant cells and plants regenerated from these cells, which exhibit an increased or a reduced activity of the described starch synthases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2001
    Assignee: Hoechst Schering AgrEvo, GmbH
    Inventors: Martina Block, Horst Lörz, Stephanie Lütticke, Lennart Walter, Claus Frohberg, Jens Kossmann